Acceptance Criteria Contracts with Work from Home Options

Acceptance Criteria
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for Acceptance Criteria skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Acceptance Criteria over the 6 months to 23 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 192 198 195
Rank change year-on-year +6 -3 +90
Contract jobs citing Acceptance Criteria 163 312 622
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 1.11% 1.28% 1.41%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.27% 1.42% 1.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 122 244 419
10th Percentile £400 £400 £375
25th Percentile £450 £456 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £549 £500
Median % change year-on-year -8.93% +9.80% +5.82%
75th Percentile £568 £600 £575
90th Percentile £625 £612 £650
UK median daily rate £504 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -8.36% +10.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 17
10th Percentile - - £60.00
25th Percentile £22.75 £56.25 £63.25
Median hourly rate £23.50 £57.50 £68.00
Median % change year-on-year -59.13% -15.44% +130.66%
75th Percentile £24.25 £58.75 £75.00
90th Percentile - - £77.50
UK median hourly rate £32.36 £60.00 £63.25
% change year-on-year -46.08% -5.14% +118.10%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Acceptance Criteria is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 12,882 21,904 40,173
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 87.90% 89.65% 91.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,678 15,514 29,175
10th Percentile £325 £363 £363
25th Percentile £425 £450 £433
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £545 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.67% +3.81% +7.14%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £535
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +8.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 570 507 533
10th Percentile £14.83 £18.58 £14.30
25th Percentile £24.06 £26.25 £20.75
Median hourly rate £43.00 £52.50 £38.16
Median % change year-on-year -18.10% +37.60% +58.98%
75th Percentile £60.00 £67.50 £57.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £78.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £36.00 £36.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year - +40.19% +7.00%

Acceptance Criteria
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Acceptance Criteria as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Acceptance Criteria trend for jobs with a WFH option

Acceptance Criteria
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Acceptance Criteria.

Acceptance Criteria daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Acceptance Criteria
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Acceptance Criteria over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Acceptance Criteria daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Acceptance Criteria
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Acceptance Criteria.

Acceptance Criteria hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Acceptance Criteria
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 20 (12.27%) Confluence
2 3 (1.84%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 3 (1.84%) ArcGIS
2 3 (1.84%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.23%) LiveLink
4 1 (0.61%) Alfresco
4 1 (0.61%) Camunda
Applications
1 6 (3.68%) Microsoft Excel
1 6 (3.68%) Microsoft Office
1 6 (3.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 6 (3.68%) MS Visio
2 2 (1.23%) Trello
Business Applications
1 7 (4.29%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (3.07%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (3.07%) SimCorp Dimension
3 3 (1.84%) SAP Hybris
4 2 (1.23%) SAP PM
5 1 (0.61%) Aligne
5 1 (0.61%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.61%) SAP APO
5 1 (0.61%) SAP IBP
5 1 (0.61%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 30 (18.40%) Azure
2 17 (10.43%) Azure DevOps
3 12 (7.36%) AWS
4 9 (5.52%) Power Platform
5 8 (4.91%) Dynamics 365
5 8 (4.91%) Power Automate
6 4 (2.45%) SAP Commerce Cloud
7 3 (1.84%) Microsoft 365
7 3 (1.84%) PowerApps
7 3 (1.84%) SaaS
8 2 (1.23%) Adobe Analytics
8 2 (1.23%) Azure Data Factory
8 2 (1.23%) Miro
8 2 (1.23%) PaaS
8 2 (1.23%) WhatsApp
9 1 (0.61%) Azure Service Bus
9 1 (0.61%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.23%) Network Security
2 1 (0.61%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (3.68%) Power BI
2 5 (3.07%) Data Lake
3 4 (2.45%) Geospatial Data
3 4 (2.45%) GIS
4 2 (1.23%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (1.23%) Delta Lake
4 2 (1.23%) NoSQL
4 2 (1.23%) SAP BW
4 2 (1.23%) SQL Server
4 2 (1.23%) Tableau
5 1 (0.61%) Apache Cassandra
5 1 (0.61%) EDRMS
5 1 (0.61%) Redis
5 1 (0.61%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.61%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 23 (14.11%) JIRA
2 9 (5.52%) JMeter
3 7 (4.29%) Selenium
4 3 (1.84%) Git
4 3 (1.84%) Postman
5 2 (1.23%) Appium
5 2 (1.23%) LoadRunner
5 2 (1.23%) UI Automator
5 2 (1.23%) XCUITest
6 1 (0.61%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.61%) Gatling
6 1 (0.61%) Mockito
6 1 (0.61%) ScalaTest
6 1 (0.61%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 52 (31.90%) Social Skills
2 26 (15.95%) Finance
3 25 (15.34%) Analytical Skills
4 24 (14.72%) Public Sector
5 7 (4.29%) Back Office
6 6 (3.68%) Retail
7 5 (3.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 5 (3.07%) Influencing Skills
7 5 (3.07%) Presentation Skills
8 4 (2.45%) Banking
8 4 (2.45%) Legal
8 4 (2.45%) Manufacturing
8 4 (2.45%) Telecoms
9 2 (1.23%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.61%) Automotive
10 1 (0.61%) Billing
10 1 (0.61%) Games
10 1 (0.61%) German Language
10 1 (0.61%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 78 (47.85%) Analyst
2 57 (34.97%) Business Analyst
3 33 (20.25%) Senior
4 15 (9.20%) Consultant
5 14 (8.59%) Senior Analyst
6 12 (7.36%) Product Owner
7 10 (6.13%) Service Manager
7 10 (6.13%) Service Transition Manager
7 10 (6.13%) Transition Manager
8 8 (4.91%) Senior Business Analyst
8 8 (4.91%) Technical Analyst
9 7 (4.29%) Agile Business Analyst
9 7 (4.29%) Data Analyst
9 7 (4.29%) Digital Analyst
9 7 (4.29%) Digital Business Analyst
10 6 (3.68%) Architect
10 6 (3.68%) Developer
10 6 (3.68%) Functional Consultant
10 6 (3.68%) Project Manager
11 5 (3.07%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (3.68%) REST
2 5 (3.07%) OpenAPI
2 5 (3.07%) Swagger
3 3 (1.84%) JSON
3 3 (1.84%) RESTful
3 3 (1.84%) XML
4 2 (1.23%) .NET
4 2 (1.23%) HTML
4 2 (1.23%) SAP Fiori
4 2 (1.23%) Web Services
5 1 (0.61%) .NET Core
5 1 (0.61%) BAPI
5 1 (0.61%) CSS
5 1 (0.61%) Hibernate
5 1 (0.61%) JPA
5 1 (0.61%) SAP ALE
5 1 (0.61%) SAP PI
5 1 (0.61%) Spring
5 1 (0.61%) Spring MVC
5 1 (0.61%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 32 (19.63%) Product Ownership
2 9 (5.52%) Mobile App
3 5 (3.07%) Hybrid Cloud
3 5 (3.07%) Management Information System
4 3 (1.84%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 3 (1.84%) Low-Code
5 2 (1.23%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (1.23%) Mainframe
5 2 (1.23%) Onboarding
5 2 (1.23%) Security Posture
6 1 (0.61%) Algorithms
6 1 (0.61%) Cyber Threat
6 1 (0.61%) EPoS
6 1 (0.61%) IVR
6 1 (0.61%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (0.61%) NHS
6 1 (0.61%) Online Banking
6 1 (0.61%) Operational Technology
6 1 (0.61%) Smart Meter
6 1 (0.61%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 5 (3.07%) Android
2 2 (1.23%) Apple iOS
2 2 (1.23%) Windows
3 1 (0.61%) Linux
3 1 (0.61%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 116 (71.17%) User Stories
2 95 (58.28%) Agile
3 48 (29.45%) Business Analysis
4 36 (22.09%) Problem-Solving
5 28 (17.18%) DevOps
6 25 (15.34%) Scrum
7 22 (13.50%) User Acceptance Testing
7 22 (13.50%) Workshop Facilitation
8 20 (12.27%) Test Automation
8 20 (12.27%) Translating Business Requirements
9 19 (11.66%) Requirements Gathering
9 19 (11.66%) Roadmaps
9 19 (11.66%) Service Design
9 19 (11.66%) Stakeholder Management
10 18 (11.04%) Sprint Planning
10 18 (11.04%) Test Scripting
11 17 (10.43%) Use Case
12 16 (9.82%) Scenario Testing
13 15 (9.20%) Epics
13 15 (9.20%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 9 (5.52%) Java
2 6 (3.68%) SQL
3 5 (3.07%) JavaScript
3 5 (3.07%) Kotlin
4 4 (2.45%) Python
5 2 (1.23%) C#
5 2 (1.23%) Swift
6 1 (0.61%) ABAP
6 1 (0.61%) PowerShell
6 1 (0.61%) Scala
6 1 (0.61%) T-SQL
6 1 (0.61%) TypeScript
6 1 (0.61%) VB
Qualifications
1 25 (15.34%) Security Cleared
2 21 (12.88%) SC Cleared
3 8 (4.91%) Degree
4 4 (2.45%) CSPO
5 3 (1.84%) BPSS Clearance
5 3 (1.84%) ISEB
6 2 (1.23%) CBAP
6 2 (1.23%) IIBA
6 2 (1.23%) ISTQB
6 2 (1.23%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (0.61%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.61%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.61%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (11.66%) QA
2 6 (3.68%) Accessibility
2 6 (3.68%) WCAG
3 4 (2.45%) PCI DSS
3 4 (2.45%) PMO
4 2 (1.23%) COBIT
4 2 (1.23%) Data Quality
4 2 (1.23%) Disclosure Scotland
4 2 (1.23%) GDPR
4 2 (1.23%) PSD2
5 1 (0.61%) ISO 20022
5 1 (0.61%) SLA
5 1 (0.61%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 1 (0.61%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (0.61%) Grafana
1 1 (0.61%) HP Quality Center
1 1 (0.61%) Kubernetes
1 1 (0.61%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 16 (9.82%) SAP
2 12 (7.36%) Microsoft
3 6 (3.68%) ServiceNow
4 5 (3.07%) Atlassian
4 5 (3.07%) SimCorp
5 4 (2.45%) Adobe
6 3 (1.84%) ESRI
7 2 (1.23%) Ariba
7 2 (1.23%) Civica
8 1 (0.61%) CyberSource
8 1 (0.61%) Google
8 1 (0.61%) IBM
8 1 (0.61%) Remedy
8 1 (0.61%) Xamarin